Unit 1 - Foundations of American Government

Standards:

SSCG1 Compare and contrast various systems of government.

a. Determine how governments differ in geographic distribution of power, particularly unitary, confederal, and federal types of government.

b. Determine how some forms of govt differ in their level of citizen participation particularly authoritarian and democratic.

c. Determine how the role of the executive differs in presidential and parliamentary systems of governments.

d. Differentiate between a direct democracy, representative democracy, and/or a republic.

SSCG2 Demonstrate knowledge of the political philosophies that shaped the development of US constitutional government.

a. Analyze key ideas of limited govt and the rule of law as seen in the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the English Bill of Rights.

b. Analyze the impact of the writings of Hobbes (Leviathan), Locke (Second Treatise on Government), Rousseau (The Social Contract), and Montesquieu (The Spirit of the Laws) on our concept of government.

c. Analyze the ways in which the philosophies listed in element 2b influenced the Declaration of Independence.

Essay Date:

January 17, 2020

Test Date:

January 22, 2020

Online Textbook:

Chapter 1 - People and Government

Chapter 2 - Origins of American Government

Unit Review:

Kahoot: Unit 1

Unit 1 Practice Test

Kahoot: Unit 1 #2

Unit Agenda